[neeti-66]
क्षीरेणात्मगतोदकाय हि गुणा दत्ताः पुरा तेऽखिलाःक्षीरोत्तापमवेक्ष्य तेन पयसा स्वात्मा कृशानौ हुतः ।गन्तुं पावकमुन्मनस्तदभवद्दृष्ट्वा तु मित्रापदंयुक्तं तेन जलेन शाम्यति सतां मैत्री पुनस्त्वीदृशी ॥६६॥kṣīreṇātmagatodakāya hi guṇā dattāḥ purā te'khilāḥkṣīrottāpamavekṣya tena payasā svātmā kṛśānau hutaḥ |gantuṃ pāvakamunmanastadabhavaddṛṣṭvā tu mitrāpadaṃyuktaṃ tena jalena śāmyati satāṃ maitrī punastvīdṛśī ||66||
Translation
(TRUE FRIENDSHIP OF MILK AND WATER)
The milk gave all its qualities to the water which came into it. Seeing the suffering of the milk, the water offered itself to the fire and dried up. Seeing the friend in difficulty, the milk also decided to fall into the fire. But it calms down when the water is given back to it. The friendship of the good is indeed like this. ॥ 66 ॥